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Rapper Kash Doll and basketball superstar Kevin Durant previously had a playful exchange on social media over who rightfully owns the “KD” nickname. The public generally uses it to refer to Durant on and off the court, but Kash Doll made sure to let the Brooklyn Nets star know that he wasn’t the only person flaunting those initials. After she tried to reclaim the nickname, Durant clapped back at her and said, “You did not have to use those initials to get this tweet off…U have to relax with the KD talk, your name is KASHDOLL.”

The tweet quickly went viral — but Durant may have proven that he’s the biggest “KD” in the world after his historic game last night. The all-time great proved that he’s one of the best players of all time, showing out for one of the best playoff performances ever. Leading his squad to a win over the Bucks, Durant was celebrated all night on Twitter. Even Kash Doll was singing his praises — but she made sure to be a little petty about it.

 
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“Come on Cevin Durant,” wrote the rapper on Twitter, joking about the man’s initials. Clearly, she wants to be known as the only famous KD, but Durant (and Kraft Dinner, to be frank) has something to say about that.

Check out the latest layer of the playful pettiness between Kash Doll and Kevin Durant below.

For many hip-hop enthusiasts, any sign of disrespect to pioneers in the genre is not taken lightly. Young Thug and Lil Yachty are examples of two emcees who had to learn this the hard way. Yachty was met with a healthy amount of backlash back in 2016 when he admitted in an interview with Billboard that he “honestly couldn’t name five songs” by 2Pac or The Notorious B.I.G.

A few months later, he followed up those comments by calling the Hip Hop legends “overrated” while on Pitchfork. In a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lower, he opened up about the situation, admitting he never meant to offend anyone with his comments. 

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“I never meant to disrespect,” he said. “I was just being honest. I didn’t have no media training, right? All I knew was to be an honest person. So someone asked me about whether it’s a Hip Hop lesson guide.

“My cousin would be honest. I’m going to tell the truth. I’m not like Biggie, Tupac, you’re going to say this every time, I didn’t listen to them but I didn’t say they were trash,” he reasoned. 

In a new interview with HipHopDX, however, it seems like Yachty never really took the situation that seriously. When asked about if he revised Biggie and Pac’s catalog after the backlash, he answered,  “I wouldn’t say study up, but I definitely went back and listened for about … 30 seconds. I’m good. If you’re good at what you’re doing then … art is art. Do you need to study Picasso to learn how to paint? No. If you care then yes, but if not, who cares?”

His nonchalant attitude echos a similar stance he took back in the fall of 2016 shortly after the controversy. “I’m sorry but I refuse to lie. If I don’t listen to biggie or think he is as big as everybody else why is that a problem lol who cares bro,” wrote the rapper. “I speak my mind. I might be the only new age artist speaking his mind.”

Well, at least he got the 30 seconds in. 

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Andre 3000 is about as close to a hip-hop renaissance man as they come, and though he’s largely taken a step back from music, the OutKast legend has found a way to keep his creative spirit satisfied. It has been reported that Three Stacks, real name Andre Benjamin, will be joining the cast of Showing Up, an upcoming film directed by Kelly Reichardt, helmer of First Cow and Certain Women.

In addition to Benjamin, the flick will also star Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro, Amanda Plummer, Heather Lawless, Larry Fessenden, and James Le Gros. Deadline shared a little about the plot, albeit a vague summary with little to no indication of Andre’s place in all this. They did say that Showing Up will center around an artist set to launch a “career-changing exhibition,” only to be thrust into a state of “chaos” in her personal and professional life. 

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Given that Williams is set to play the lead role, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Three Stacks playing a fellow artist of sorts, though that’s purely speculation on our parts. Alas, we might have to wait a little longer to see the OutKast emcee on our silver screens once more, as Showing Up has yet to receive a release date.

Most recently, Andre appeared in Claire Denis’ High Life, which also starred Robert Pattison and Juliette Binoche. He also recently starred in Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere, which aired on AMC in 2020. 

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Fresh off f Migos are making their media rounds. The Atlanta rap trio recently stopped by the Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show and debunked the longtime rumor that they almost signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, and now, it appears that Migos have made a big appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

According to Complex, Migos’ recent appearance on James Corden’s show marks the first time that Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff have appeared together with the English comedian since 2018, when they all joined forces for the extremely popular “Migos Carpool Karaoke” video. 

During the brief interview, Migos walk Corden through their typical day-to-day routine while in Las Vegas, which kicks off with a late-night performance, transitions into a studio session or party, and ultimately concludes with an extremely long stretch of gambling. Offset and Quavo reveal that they prefer to test their luck with Craps.

“We gambling from six probably all the way until noon,” Quavo says at one point in the interview, and when saying that he and Offset often try to win $200,000 in the dice game, Offset confirms it to be true, saying, “Sound about right.”

While Takeoff is quick to distance himself from his groupmate’s extensive gambling, he does have a lot to say when the conversation shifts to alien conspiracy theories. When asked what they think Earth would be like in 50 years, Offset quickly rattles off “flying cars,” but Takeoff and Quavo are convinced that aliens will be among us.

Surprisingly, both Takeoff and Quavo are confident that they’ll be friends with the aliens, and Takeoff even admits to already being in contact with them. “He told me when they were coming so I can’t spill the beans,” Takeoff said while takes a moment to show off his alien astronaut chain. “But there’s gon’ be a lot going on.”

Watch Migos’ interview with James Corden on The Late Late Show below. The trio starts discussing gambling near the 0:53-mark, and the alien discussion begins much later, near the 3:39-mark.

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Chicago rapper Polo G is having an incredible week on the sales front– it’s just not as good as it was expected to be. Following the release of his third studio album Hall Of Fame, which features Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Pop Smoke, DaBaby, and more, it seemed as though the rapper was headed toward a definite debut at the top of the Billboard 200. Early sales projections placed him as the leader of the pack with between 165K and 175K sales of the album in its first week out. However, as fans continue to share their opinions of the new album, sales continue to dwindle. On Wednesday (June 16), it was revealed that Polo G is now expected to move only 135K copies of the album, which marks a dramatic decrease from the first numbers announced.

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Despite the album not performing as well as fans had hoped, Polo G is still in the lead for the #1 position on the charts. The Migos come in right behind him at #2 with their new album Culture III, which is now expecting to move 126K copies. Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album will be pushed to the third spot with 120K units moved. Notably, Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s collaborative album is still performing well in its second week out, selling about 88K copies. 

Check out the latest sales projections for Polo G, Migos, and others below via Hits Daily Double. Are you surprised to see Polo G’s sales decline so dramatically?

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The uproar that ensued after Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion unleashed the visual for their fiery collab “WAP” last summer was an unforgettable moment in pop culture history. It’s clear the leading ladies of rap didn’t let the critics get to them though, with Megan recently releasing an equally twerk-tastic video for her latest single “Thot Shit.”

The visual depicts Meg and her crew ridiculing, harassing, and running over a politician–something Republican politician DeAnna Lorraine feels like was targeted at her. It seems like Meg’s Hotties have her back no matter what, however, and have been sending threats to Lorraine, as she revealed to TMZ. 

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In a new interview with the publication, Lorraine explained that given their past beef, she felt the video where Meg gets revenge on a conversation politician who trashes her and her music was aimed at her. If you recall last year Lorraine penned on her now suspended Twitter account,  “Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion just set the entire female gender back by 100 years with their disgusting & vile ‘WAP’ song.”

In her interview with TMZ published on Wednesday (June 16), she revealed  “I got the whole army of Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B [fans] after me,” she said. “There’s thousands of text messages, phone calls, emails, Instagram messages—you name it—coming after me, telling me to die, kill myself, jump off a cliff, I’m this horrible racist.

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“So many different messages threatening to kill me, they were coming after my house, they knew my address. Actually, I still get a lot of those messages, too.” She shared some of the messages with the publication, with some of the alleged threats including rolling up to her house, and reference to the content of the “Thot Shit” video. Others called Lorraine out for her hypocrisy. 

Lorraine, who has praised the Kenosha shooter, adds “I’m trying to help them realize that there’s a positive way to be successful in society that doesn’t mean selling your body on the streets and getting that money. According to reports at the time, Lorraine was suspended from Twitter after baselessly claiming immigrants would enter the U.S. and commit acts of violence if former disgraced POTUS wasn’t reelected. 

Megan has yet to comment on the matter. 

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2Pac Shakur continues to influence hip-hop to this day, to the point where he remains an inspiring figure for young rappers. Even those unfamiliar with Pac’s discography have come to appreciate his attitude and perspectives on life, art, and culture. A poetic and imposing figure who, prior to his death at twenty-five, recorded and released four studio albums — including undeniable classics Me Against The World and All Eyes On Me.

Were he alive today, it’s impossible to fathom how much hip-hop might have changed. Think about how many key events he would have impacted. Would Snoop Dogg have signed with No Limit? Would he have rolled with Death Row and Murder Ink against Shady-Aftermath, a feud in which his name and music were directly invoked? Some of his contemporaries of the time — Snoop, Nas, Ghostface Killah — have built up double-digit catalogs. Provided he didn’t retire or commit further to film, it’s fair to speculate that Pac would still be releasing music to this day.

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Seeing as today would have been a milestone occasion for the late rapper, we’d like to extend our thoughts, prayers, and birthday love to one of hip-hop’s undeniable greats. Though it’s entirely possible that casual newcomers to hip-hop will gloss over Pac’s discography, opting to admire him from afar without doing due diligence, his impact is so great that anyone with a sincere passion for the culture will familiarize themselves without a second thought. 

Happy birthday to the one and only 2Pac Shakur, one of the greatest to ever do it. May he rest in peace. What’s your favorite 2Pac song, moment, or album? 

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Peter Gunz finally got his chance to tear down his long-time foe Cisco Rosado last weekend, squaring off against each other in the boxing ring. The two Love & Hip-Hop cast members seemingly couldn’t wait to throw punches against each other, going wild after the fight got out of control with Cisco throwing off his gloves and attempting to start a bare-knuckle fight. While we’ll need to wait to see whether they book a second fight with different rules, Peter Gunz is confident in declaring that he walked away from the night as a winner, booking club appearances as “The Real Winner” of the bout.

Hosting an event in Dallas, Texas this upcoming weekend on Friday, Peter Gunz told the world that despite how it looked on screen, he walked away as the winner of the fight. “Dallas has spoken!! See you Friday,” he wrote on Instagram. The promotional poster he shared declares him the “real” winner of his match against Cisco. “Can finally drink smoke and turn the fuck up,” he added in his caption.

It may feel as though Cisco and Peter Gunz left the arena even bigger enemies than they entered, but on Gunz’ side, it’s nothing but love. After the fight, he shared a picture with Rosado, writing, “And just like that it’s over!! Just want to say thank you to all my friends and family for the overwhelming support I love you all.. Congratulations @cisco_rosado let’s take our first drink together!!”

Who do you think won? Cisco or Peter Gunz? Watch the video of their fight below.

Mariah Carey has been one busy pop star. After departing ways with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation management in favor of working with a smaller team, she’s already got a few new projects she’s working on unleashing. One of those projects is a joint documentary in collaboration with repeated collaborator Busta Rhymes. 

The honest and reflective documentary titled DIVINE: The 18 Year Anniversary Celebration was released via YouTubes, and it provides a closer look at the culmination of their hit track “I Know What You Want.” Originally released back in 2003, the film includes interviews with the likes of film director Chris Robinson, actor Michael Kai White, along with rappers Spliff Star, Rah Digga, Rampage, Baby Sham, and Trippie Redd. 

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In celebration of the nearly two-decade relationship between the two music legends, the short doc highlights the immense influence the song had on R&B and Hip-Hop culture. Rhymes explained, “We took [the song] up another notch without compromising what the legacy of the original was. That’s important to me — don’t touch the classic if you can’t make it just as dope, if not better.”

The documentary also features how Rhymes gave life to the legacy of the song by creating a second part with Trippie Redd’s “I Got You,” leading into part three “Where I Belong” from his latest project Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. 

Predicting the impact adding a Mariah verse would make on the song’s success, Rah Digga says in the doc, “…once [Busta] told us that he was considering putting Mariah on the record, I think it just kinda sunk into everybody that ‘oh snap like we boutta have a real *ss mega-hit record on our hands here.'”

“I Know What You Want” went on to be a smash hit for the duo, ranking #17 on the Hot 100 2003 year-end chart and garnering over 500 million streams to date. Check out DIVINE: The 18 Year Anniversary Celebration below. 

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